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Of statues : autograph manuscript signed, 1739-1740.

BIB_ID
104138
Accession number
MA 138
Creator
Evelyn, John, 1682-1763.
Display Date
1739-1740.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (28 p.), bound : ill. ; 16.1 cm
Notes
Includes 2 tail-pieces and 2 full-page drawings.
Preface signed J. Evelyn.
This is possibly a copy of the translation of John Evelyn the Younger (1655-1699) made by his son, John Evelyn (1682-1763).
Provenance
Bookplates of Burnham Abbey and Roberti Samuelis Turner; James Toovey.
Summary
An English translation based on Cosimo Bartoli's Italian translation of Leon Battista Aliberti's De Statua (original in Latin).
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (18.1 cm)